A question about brakes

[Big Tone]

This is the first RWD car I've owned and I'm about to have my pads changed. I know in FWD cars the front brakes are the ones that need to get changed regularly, while the rear brakes last considerably loonger. Is this the same with the J? Or is do the rear brakes wear faster because it's RWD? I would like to know this now so when I take it in they don't tell me I need all new pads when the liklihood is only one set needs changing. Thanks!

[driverdriver]

On mine brake pads have all required changing at the same time. Not enough pad left. If you need rotors, go with Nissan OEM, anything else warps.

[Q45tech]

"effects of poor brake bias on the street not only include sub-optimal stopping distances, but also include sub-optimal brake pad life. If a car is too heavily front-biased in the deceleration range it typically operates in, it will wear front pads more quickly due to the fact that the rear brakes aren’t doing as much of the stopping work as they could be. However, the rear brake pads will probably last forever… "

http://www.stoptech.com/tech_i...shtml

Nissan tries to set the brake bias so that with oem soft tires both the 0.9 g panic stop and the more typical 0.2-0.35 g stops are near the correct bias point with ABS/VLSD cleaning up the rest. The 0.005-0.15g on the above is where left foot brakers ride the brakes and cause problems.

The KEY WORD here is soft oem like tires which few run!

After all 90% of stops fall in the small range

[diamond]

my rear breaks wear faster than the front.

[yodawill2000]

Power breakin' He he

[diamond]

lol,anyone the power breaks a j needs there head examind,lol.reminds me.once i did.a friend sprayed rocks alover everones car in a parking lot burning off in his one leg truck.worthless,lol.so when we get were we are going i pull with my tail end at his truck,slight power break to get her started.then thru second walking side ways really slow.barely moving.no power break,lol.he never did that agian. when i drive tires last a year at best.no powerbreaking or weird things,lol.just driving,lol.got a g35 loaner yesterday.funny,my wife goes.break are touchy.i go,no there not.its struts compressing cause weak.saverly easy nose dive.thats all. i imagine if a car has alot of nose dive the front breaks probly were faster.just a guess.

Modified by diamond at 6:19 PM 1/30/2006
Modified by diamond at 6:21 PM 1/30/2006

[vishesh]

damn, diamond. all due respect, but i don't know what the hell you just said.

[diamond]

that ok,just roll with it,lol.my head wonders,sorry.

[yodawill2000]

LOLI guess I speak Diamond lingo well ,I understand completely !!I lub's to go sideways in the J . But the Mrs doesnt !!! Nuk Nuk

[elwesso]

I think the way diamond talks is like the davinci code or something..... You must read into it CAREFULLY to extract the true meaning.....

[diamond]

you got it elwesso.i can hardly edit my own post.hard for me too.i speak in riddles now,lol.